living talk
FACING the
FUTURE
JEREMY FRANCHUK
P H OT O G R A P H Y: C O U RT E S Y O F T H E A L L I E D A RT S C O U N C I L O F L E T H B R I D G E
The future of Lethbridge art is a reflection of our many facets!
The future of Lethbridge art is an amalgam of the digital
and the analogue as mediated by our dreams.
The project differs from traditional time capsules in
several ways, starting with the fact the time capsule, sealed
asking people in Lethbridge to put their best face forward
in an artistic surround, will be on
for a unique time capsule project to
public display instead of buried under
mark Canada’s 150th birthday.
“We’re asking anyone
ground. All the images received from
The Talk to the Future project
with a cellphone with
the public will be compiled in a book,
invites residents to take a selfie and
on a DVD and a flash drive, and the
share it with the AAC as a snapshot of
a camera to take a
time capsule box will be mounted in
contemporary life for Lethbridgians of
picture of themselves
Casa on October 1 at the Family Affair
the year 2067, when the capsule will
on the Square celebrations during
be opened.
on June 24, email us
Lethbridge Arts Days. “The reason
“We’re asking anyone with a
the selfie and [complete
for that is traditional time capsules
cellphone with a camera to take a
the sentence]:
that are buried tend to get lost or
picture of themselves on June 24,
destroyed by construction; they just
email us the selfie and [complete the
‘The future of
don’t make it,” explains Kelaine. “By
sentence]: ‘The future of Lethbridge
Lethbridge
art
is…’”
mounting it at Casa we won’t lose
art is…’” says Kelaine Devine,
it, and hopefully 50 years from now
Communications Coordinator for the
people will be able to open it and see what we created.”
AAC. “It’s a way of connecting our arts community with the
The choice of selfies as the content for the time capsule
community in the future. Most people have that technology
is also a twist on what most people expect from a project
and taking a selfie is easy to do, so the barrier to entry for
such as this. Kelaine says the much-maligned medium has its
this project is very low.”
T H E A L L I E D A R T S C O U N C I L (AAC) of Lethbridge is
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